Hundreds Protested NFL's Treatment of Colin Kaepernick

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On Wednesday, hundreds of people gathered outside the National Football League's New York City headquarters to protest the way Colin Kaepernick has been treated after protesting against police brutality at a 49ers game. The former quarterback for the San Francisco team has been a free agent since last year, and famously knelt for a performance of the national anthem because he did not want to "show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." His supporters argue that he has not been signed by another team because of his activism, as a number of NFL teams hired new quarterbacks with less experience ahead of the 2017–2018 season. Read more at The New York Times.

A driver reportedly struck a group mourning the death of a transgender woman in St. Louis. Mourners gathered on Wednesday in a vigil for Kiwi Herring, a transgender woman who was killed by police after she allegedly used a knife to attack an officer. When the vigil at one point blocked traffic, a driver reportedly began honking at the group, then proceeded to drive straight into the crowd. Three people sustained minor injuries, and the driver was taken into custody by police. One witness reported seeing the driver holding up his middle finger before driving into the crowd. Get more information from HuffPost.

Eight people are missing after a landslide in Switzerland. A landslide swept through the town of Bondo on Wednesday morning, forcing residents to evacuate. On Thursday, helicopters and other rescue services were searching for eight people who were reported missing after the landslide. They are reportedly from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Read more from CNN.

A person in Massachusetts won the second-largest Powerball jackpot in U.S. history. The Pride Station & Store in Chicopee, Massachusetts, sold Wednesday night's winning Powerball ticket, earning the lucky buyer $758.7 million. A store in Watertown, Massachusetts, also sold a winning ticket, but that one was worth only $1 million. The prize was second only to a $1.5 billion jackpot accumulated last year. Get more information from the Boston Globe.

A white nationalist wanted by University of Virginia police after the violent rallies in Charlottesville has turned himself in. Christopher Cantwell, who was featured in a Vice documentary about the white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, turned himself in to police on Wednesday to face three felony charges. Cantwell is charged with two counts of the illegal use of tear gas or other gases and one count of malicious bodily injury with a “caustic substance,” explosive or fire. Cantwell reportedly told the Associated Press that he had pepper-sprayed a counterprotester on August 11, just before the rally, but claims it was done in self-defense. Get the full story from Politico.

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